A few weeks ago I was invited to second shoot with Elena from Belle Imagery Portraits for a deeply loving couple, Teri & Larry, at The Oaks Waterfront Inn and Events and it was breathtaking. The bride and groom kept a nautical theme with accents of the color brush throughout the day. Here are some of my favorite images:

It goes down in the DM's! Amanda and Tajwaar are two Northern New Jersey Natives who met while in high school. The two went on to attend two amazing Historically Black College and University's (HBCU's), Howard University and Virginia State University. Some time after graduating they reconnected via Instagram and that old flame was reignited. At the time, Amanda was a traveling Physical Therapist living in Atlanta, Georgia and Tajwaar remained in Virginia for work. They were able to keep their love alive during their long distance relationship but she ultimately ended up joining her love in Virginia. They courted each other for some time until Tajwaar decided it was time to make it official; the couple went on a beautiful baecation to Dubai, UAE where he proposed to her with a pear shaped diamond in front of her friends and family.

Amanda and Tajwaar had a stunning first look at a memorial in Washington DC and wed at Foxchase Manor in Manassas, Virginia.